TERRE HAUTE —
A pair of lightning delays, plus the first two innings played in a steady drizzle/light rain, didn’t faze the Riley 12U baseball team as it was undeterred in its task at hand.
Despite the various inconveniences tossed in by Mother Nature, host team Riley 12U earned a 7-1 victory over Irvington in the Central Indiana Cal Ripken 12U State Tournament on Saturday.
Riley 12U will face New Palestine — a team it defeated 11-1 in pool play on Friday — in the first semifinal game at noon today. The winner will advance to the championship game at 6 p.m. on Monday.
“A little tough with the weather delay to stay focused, but our guys did a good job in very tough conditions … they played through it,” Riley 12U manager Bryan Duncan explained.
While the weather conditions were at their toughest, Riley used the largess of Irvington’s pitching and defense to forge an early lead.
Riley took advantage of a walk, a hit batsman and three Irvington errors to plate three runs in the bottom of the first without benefit of a hit.
In the second, Riley worked four walks, but hadn’t scored with one of its baserunners being thrown out at the plate on a short passed ball. However, Wyatt Joy rose to the occasion with a two-out RBI single to put Riley up 4-0 after two innings.
“With very tough conditions it’s good to get a couple breaks, got the early lead and that helped a bunch,” Duncan noted. “Took their minds off the conditions.”
Irvington threatened to score its first run in the top of the third, but a long, accurate throw from left fielder Kaleb Hauptli to catcher Jevan McCoskey who applied the tag, kept Riley up 4-0 at the midway point in the game.
“Kaleb plays about every position on the field for us, he made a nice throw from left field,” Duncan said. Hauptli started in right field on Friday, started in left field on Saturday, then finished the game as the catcher for the final three innings.
Irvington finally pushed across a run in the top of the fourth, but Riley responded with three runs of their own — all coming with two outs.
Trevor Trump reached on an infield single and stole second, then Wyatt Joy walked. Zach Duncan, Jordan Woolard and Cory Adkins followed with consecutive RBI singles to account for the 7-1 lead.
Riley attempted two-out magic again in the fifth. Singles by Dylan Schneider and Trump came with two outs, but this time they failed to score.
Zach Duncan, the winning pitcher, and Trump both tossed three innings for Riley. Trump struck out six Irvington batters.
n Riley 11U eliminated — Riley’s 11U all-star team was not nearly as fortunate, dropping a pair of games on Saturday in the Central Indiana Cal Ripken 11U State Tournament, also played at Riley.
After defeating Clay County in pool play on Friday, Riley 11U was thumped by Irvington 19-1 in four innings to finish pool play. Then Riley was eliminated from the tournament in dropping a 14-9 verdict to Shelby County.
Clay County 11U remained alive as its elimination game against Connersville was suspended in the top of the sixth inning with Connersville leading 7-6. The game resumes at 11 a.m. today.
Saturday’s 12U game
Irvington 000 100 — 1 6 2
Riley 310 30x — 7 8 0
Riley battery: Duncan (W), Trump (4) and McCoskey, Hauptli (4).
Highlights — For Riley, Jordan Woolard had 2 singles and a RBI; Trevor Trump had 2 singles; Wyatt Joy, Zach Duncan and Cory Adkins had a single and a RBI; Dylan Schneider had a single.
Central Indiana Cal Ripken
12U State Tournament
At Riley Field D
Pool A — New Palestine, Irvington, Riley
Pool B — Whiteland, Connersville, Shelby County
Pool play
Thursday
Whiteland 11, Shelby County 1, 4 innings
Irvington 4, New Palestine 3
Friday
Whiteland 8, Connersville 7
Riley 11, New Palestine 1, 5 innings
Saturday
Connersville 25, Shelby County 2, 4 innings
Riley 7, Irvington 1
Single-elimination round
(Seeds in parentheses)
Saturday
Game 1: New Palestine (5) 15, Irvington (4) 1, 4 innings
Game 2: Connersville (3) 6, Shelby County (6) 1
Today
Game 3: Riley (1) vs. New Palestine (5), noon
Game 4: Whiteland (2) vs. Connersville (3), 2 p.m.
Monday
Game 5: Championship, 6 p.m.
Central Indiana Cal Ripken 11U State Tournament
At Riley Field A
Pool A — Clay County, Irvington, Riley
Pool B — Whiteland, Connersville, Shelby County
Pool play
Thursday
Whiteland 10, Shelby County 4
Irvington 9, Clay County 2
Friday
Connersville 6, Whiteland 5
Riley 16, Clay County 6, 5 innings
Saturday
Shelby County 8, Connersville 7
Irvington 19, Riley 1, 4 innings
Single-elimination round
(Seeds in parentheses)
Saturday
Game 1: Shelby County (4) 14, Riley (5) 9
Game 2: Connersville (3) 7, Clay County (6) 6, game suspended in top of 6th inning
Today
Game 2: Suspended game resumes, 11 a.m.
Game 3: Irvington (1) vs. Shelby County (4), noon
Game 4: Whiteland (2) vs. Connersville (3)/Clay County (6) winner, 2 p.m.
Monday
Championship game, 6 p.m.
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